I feel much better today! Debated about coming to the hospital this morning, but ate some toast and got a fountain coke and sipped on it all day. Ate some soup for lunch and feel pretty good now, just tired.

Okay, enough about me. Bill was not in a great mood this morning, especially after he said he wanted pancakes and sausage for breakfast and I told him sausage was not an option. Then he wanted scrambled eggs, banana bread, corn flakes, coffee and milk. I asked if he was that hungry and he said no he wasn't very hungry! It seemed like nothing got done to his liking this morning.

But, after the dr. came in, and nothing has really changed, he had a little different attitude. He walked with the nurses and physical therapy, washed himself up, dressed in a shirt and shorts with the occupational therapist, and walked again before undressing and getting into bed for his dressing change! He also got up himself and walked to the bed alone, almost giving his nurse a heart attack! His oxygen level has also stayed up today and they've cut him back to 4 1/2 liters.

The only other time he was petulant was a lunch time. He is determined that he is only going to eat soft foods because chewing is an effort with his teeth in, and he would prefer to leave them out! I told him they are going to puree his meals if he doesn't start trying. He's already on 3 supplements a day for 1100 calories because he's not eating enough. So, he tried a little harder. I cut his meat into really tiny pieces and then he tried cutting some more.

He's going to walk at least 1 more time this afternoon, but 3 times so far today is a record. He's had no episodes during the day of v-tach that I know of. I think he had a couple during the night but the pacemaker did its job. The amiodorone should be taking effect since it works pretty fast so he should feel a little perkier.

Don and Shirley are coming this week-end to give me a little break, and it could still work out that we will get to leave next week if he keeps progressing.

Unless something else happens today, this will probably be the only post. Tomorrow is going to be a big day. We're going to change out his controller which is the part that keeps the pump running. I'm not really concerned about it, we've practiced it without really doing it, and Tina is going to be here.